Painted wooden box from Ancient Egypt, used to hold either ushabtis or canopic jars. On the si
Painted wooden box from Ancient Egypt, used to hold either ushabtis or canopic jars. On the side shown, the goddesses Isis and Nephthys venerate a djed-pillar (representing the backbone of Osiris). Artist unknown; ca. 850-700 BCE (Third Intermediate Period). Now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Photo credit: Walters Art Museum. -- source link
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